International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing XVIIIth Congress Societe lnternationale de Photogrammetrie et de Teledetection XVIIIe Congres lnternationale Gesellschaft fur Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung XVIII. Kongress ISSN 0256-1840 VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1996 INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHOTOGRAMMETRIE ET DE TELEDETECTION INTERNATIONALES ARCHIV FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIE UNO FERNERKUNDUNG VOLUME VOLUME BAND XXXI PART TOME TEll 87 COMMISSION COMMISSION KOMMISSION VII ~ 15PR5 ~ Edited by: Karl Kraus, Congress Director Peter Waldhausl, Technical Program Director Published by the Committee of the XVIII International Congress for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Publie par le Comite de XVIW Congres lnternationale de Photogrammetrie et de Teledetection Herausgegeben vom Komitee fur den XVIII. lnternationalen Kongress fUr Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung ISPRS Council 1992 - 1996 President Secretary General Congress Director Treasurer First Vice President Second Vice President Shunji Murai Lawrence W. Fritz Karl Kraus John Trinder Kennert Torlegard Armin Griin Japan USA Austria Australia Sweden Switzerland International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IAPRS) Founded bei Eduard Dolezal (Austria) in 1913. Volume XXXI, Part B7 Invited and Presented Papers of the XVIIIth Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 9 to 19, 1996. Technical Commission VII Resource and Environmental Monitoring President Secretary Roberto Pereira da Cunha Sherry Chou Chen Brazil Brazil In cooperation with Working Group Chairpersons responsible for the reviewing of extended Abstracts and acceptance of contributions. Authors delivered camera ready manuscripts and selected the keywords. Editorial Team Chief Editor EDP-Software EDP-Processing Technical-Assistance Peter Waldhausl IIeinrich Vesely IIans Thiiminger Ulrike Pachowsky Josef Tschannerl Eva Berkes Austria Austria Austria Austria Austria Austria Copyright 1996 by Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation (ASG) on behalf of ISPRS, and by each author for his part. Responsible for the content according to Austrian Press Law I Fiir den Inhalt presserechtlich verantwortlich: Prof. Dr. P. Waldhausl Technische Universitat Wien Institut fiir Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung GuBhausstraBe 27 - 29 I 122 A-1040 Wien Printing: Druckerei Berger, Horn For Sale after the Congress Copies of individual parts and complete series may be obtained from: RICS Books Surveyor Court Westwood Way Coventry CV4 8KE U.K. Fax: +44 71 334 3800 Technical Commission VII Foreword The 1992 ISPRS Washington Congress established the responsibility of the Commission VII for the period 1992-1996. The Commission VII was renamed and reorganized in October 1992 in Stresa, Italy. Environment and earth resources were the main topics selected for Commission VII, maybe in part influenced by the United Nations Environment and Development Meeting organized in 1992. Thereafter, the Commission VII has been working through ten Working Groups as follows: WG1 Chair: Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote Sensing Gerard Goyot WG2 Chair: Resource and Environnmental Monitoring Using Radar Data Hiroyuki Wakabayashi WG3 Chair: Renewable Resources Frank Hegyi WG4 Chair: Non-Renewable Resources James Taranik WG5 Chair: Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Paul Curran WG6 Chair: Land Degradation and Desertification M.G. Chandrasekhar WG7 Chair: Hazardous Waste and Environmental Pollution Vernon Singhroy WG8 Chair: Snow, Ice, Ocean and Coastal Zone Monitoring Shintaro Goto WG9 Chair: Human Settlement Bruce Forster WG10 Chair: Global Monitoring Sergio Camacho Lara Two years after the Rio Conference 1992, the ISPRS Commission VII organized the first technical scientific meeting related with environtnent monitoring and resources. The meeting named ECO-RIO 1992 attracted 655 scientists from 16 countries. The proceedings of the meeting were printed in three volumes with a total of 1106 pages. For the Vienna Congress the Commission VII received the submission of 237 papers. The successful number of papers has been the result of the intensive work of the Working Groups' chairmen. Roberto Pereira da Cunha President Monica de Oliveira Sectretary The International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Volume XXXI, Part 87 ISPRS Commission VII - Resource and Environmental Monitoring Table of Contents AI-Jarrah, Omar B. (IRAQ) Stability of Tigris River between Sam mara and Baghdad Almeida-Filho, Raimundo (BRAZIL) Mapping of Hydrothermally Altered Areas in Vegetated Terrain, Using Multisource Data Integration and Segmentation Techniques 7 Alves, Diogenes S. (BRAZIL) Characterizing Land Use Dynamics in Amazon Using Multi-Temporal Imagery and Segmentation Techniques 13 Amamoo-Otchere, E. (NIGERIA) Digital Working Base Map Production for the Global Sustainable Cities Programme: The Case of Sustainable lbadan Project in Nigeria 18 Awaya, Yoshio (JAPAN) Spruce Stand Monitoring Based on the Successional Spectral Trajectory Using Landsat TM Data 25 Bagchi, Anil K. (OMAN) Application of Remote Sensing to Mapping of Expansive Soils and Rocks in Oman 31 Bajzak, Denes (CANADA) Determination of Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Using Multi-channel Air Borne and Space Borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 36 Baldin, Roland (GERMANY) Application of an Automatic Classbuilding and Segmentation Tool on Metabasitic Rockunits in the Southern Red Sea Hills, NE Sudan 43 Ban, Yifang (CANADA) Multi Temporal ERS-1 SAR and Landsat TM Data for Agricultural Crop Classification: An Artificial Neural Network Approach 48 Barbalata, Julian C. (CANADA) Analyse diachronique de Ia dynamique des milieux naturels par satellitaire 53 teh~detection Bloemer, Hugh L. (UNITED STATES) A Comparative Analysis of Very High Resolution Multi Spectral Sensor Systems with Multi Stage Sensor Systems Data in Feature Extraction for Mountainous Terrain 59 Boccardo,~Piero 66 Bock, Steffen (GERMANY) A Region-Based Approach to Land-Use Classification of Remotely-Sensed Image Data Using Artificial Neural Networks 71 Bonetti Filho, Jarbas (BRAZIL) Remote Sensing Monitoring of Estuarine Water Fluxes through a Tidal Inlet 77 Borodin, B.F. (RUSSIA) The Local Monitoring System .. Biosphere TM" 83 (ITALY) New Methodologies for the Integration of Multispectral Data acquired by Aerial and Satellite Platforms: The November 1994 Flood in Piedmont {Italy) Case Study Bosdogianni, P. (UNITED KINGDOM) Robust Mixed Pixel Classification in Remote Sensing 85 Carden, David M. (UNITED STATES) Streamlined Environmental Remediation Characterisation Using Remote Sensing Techniques: Case Studies for the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations 91 Chandler, Jim (UNITED KINGDOM) The Determination of Water Surface Morphology at River Channel Confluences Using Automated Digital Photogrammetry and Their Consequent Use in Numerical Flow Modelling 99 Chen, A.J. (CHINA-TAIPEI) A Robust Algorithm for Correcting the Topographic Effect of Satellite Image over Mountainous Terrain 105 Chen, Chi- Farn (CHINA-TAIPEI) Classification of Remote Sensing Imagery Using - An Unsupervised Neural Network 112 Chen, Liang-Chien (CHINA-TAIPEI) Quantitative Assessment of Shoreline Changes Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images 118 Chiao, Kuo-mu (CHINA-TAIPEI) Comparisons of three Remotely Sensed Data on Forest Crown Closure and Tree Volume Estimations 123 Chou, Hsueh-Cheng (CHINA-TAIPEI) The Integration of Satellite Image and GIS Database for Mountain Area Land Use Monitoring 131 Chou, Tien-Yin (CHINA-TAIPEI) Detection and Monitoring of High Economic Return Crop Growth Expanding for Watershed Area at Central Taiwan 136 Christke. Kornelia (GERMANY) Remote Sensing and GIS-Techniques for the Evaluation of Macrophytes in the Greifswalder Bodden 142 Clevers, J.G.P.W. (THE NETHERLANDS) The Merit of Jers-1 Data in Addition to Ers-1 and Optical Satellite Data for Agricultural Applications 146 Coskun, H. Gonca (TURKEY) Remote Sensing Applications on Environmental Pollution of the Bosphorus 152 Crippen, Robert E. (UNITED STATES) Measurement of Dynamic Geologic Processes at Subpixel Scales 159 Crosta, Alvaro P. (BRAZIL) High Spectral Resolution Remote Sensing for Mineral Mapping in the Bodie and Paramount Mining Districts, California 161 Csapiovics, Elmar (GERMANY) High Resolution Digital Terrain Models of the Bottom of Lake Ferto (Austria,Hungary)A Hungarian-Austrian Joint Project for Creating Cross-Border Data Bases for Ecosystems Research 167 Cunha, Fabio S.S. da (BRAZIL) Characterization of Different Lineaments Types from TM-5 Landsat Images and theier Application to Control of Gold-Quartz Veins in the Porto Nacional (to) Region, Brazil 172 Dalati, Moutaz (SYRIA) Geologic Interpretation of Palmyrides Chains, Syria, Using Different Remote Sensing Techniques 178 Darvishsefat, Ali (IRAN) Einsatz und Fusion von Multisensoralen Satellitendaten zur Kartierung der Waldtypen 186 de Moraes Novo, Evlyn Marcia Leau (BRAZIL) Radar Detection of Macrophyte Stands using L band and C band Data 192 Dong, Yunhan (AUSTRALIA) Decomposition of Radar Polarisation Signatures from Built and Natural Targets 196 DosSantos, Joao Roberto (BRAZIL) Applicability of the Neural-Network Architecture by a Fuzzy to Identify Natural Vegetation Regrowth Areas in Brazilian Amazonia 204 DosSantos, Joao Roberto (BRAZIL) Interactive Analysis of SIR-C and Landsat-TM Data for the Spectral-Textural Chracterization of the Land Cover in SW Amazonia, Brazil 209 Droesen, Wim J. (THE NETHERLANDS) Fuzzy Classification of Digital Orthophotos for Spatio-Temporal Landscape Modelling 214 Eder, Konrad (GERMANY) An Integrated System of Digital Monoplotting and DTM Modelling for Forestry Applications 221 Eibl, Beate (GERMANY) Classification of a Landsat-TM Image with the Spectral Mixture Analysis Under the Application of Field Spectroscopy 226 Farzaneh, A. (IRAN) The Role of GIS & Remote Sensing in Renewable Natural Resources of Iran 232 Filho, Mario Valerio (BRAZIL) Geoprocessing Techniques and Modelling Applied to Monitor Erosion of Tropical Soils 237 Gallaun, Heinz (AUSTRIA) Monitoring Fire Affected Wildlands in the Mediterranean Region by Applying a Remote Sensing and GIS Approach 240 Gervin, Janette C. (UNITED STATES) Determination of Forest Communities in a Temperate Mountainous Forest Using Remotely Sensed and Ancillary Data of Varying Spatial Resolution 246 Goto, Shintaro (JAPAN) The Verification of 2-D Wave Parameter from Marine Radar by In Situ Measurement 252 Goksel, Cigdem (TURKEY) Detection of Water Reservoir in Elmaili Dam of Istanbul Using Space Technology 257 Haenisch, Harald (GERMANY) Tectonic Development of the Southern Red Sea Hills of Sudan - Evidence from Landsat TM-Mosaic Interpretation 262 Hara, Keitarou (JAPAN) Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Evaluation and Monitoring of Sika Deer Habitat on Kinkazan Island, Northern Japan 268 Kenea, Nasir Hasen (GERMANY) Principal Component Analyses for lithologic and Alteration Mapping: Examples from the Red Sea Hills, Sudan 271 Hashimoto, T oshiaki (JAPAN) Geometric Consideration of Image Composite for Vegetation Monitoring NOAAIAVHRR, ADEOS/OCTS, ADEOS-2/GLI 276 Hejmanowska, Beata (POLAND) Thermal Inertia Modelling for Soil Moisture Assessment Based on Remotely Sensed Data 281 Henderson, Floyd (UNITED STATES) Wavelength, Polarization, and Incident Angle as Variables in Settlement Detection with Satellite SAR Imagery 287 Honda, Yoshiaki (JAPAN) Ground Truth Image Database for Global Scale Research 291 Hooda, Ramesh Singh (INDIA) Estimation of Indian Agricultural Productivity Based on Production Efficiency Model 298 Hosomura, Tsukasa (JAPAN) Color Correction of Fused Images Using Color Space Transformation 304 Howard, Michael (UNITED STATES) Multisensor Surveys of Nuclear Facilities 308 Hussin, Yousif Ali (THE NETHERLANDS) The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in Monitoring Tropical Rain Forest 315 Jayamanna, Sanath Bandula (JAPAN) Relation Between Social and Environmental Conditions in Colombo. Sri Lanka and the Urban Index Estimated by Satellite Remote Sensing Data 321 Kahle, Anne (UNITED STATES) Geologic Remote Sensing in the Thermal Infrared 327 Kattenborn, Gilbert (GERMANY) Analysis of an ERS-1 SAR Time Series and Optical Satellite Data for Forestry Applications in Temperate Zones 331 Kawata, Yoshiyuki (JAPAN) Atmospheric Parameter Estimation Using the Reflectance and Polarization Data 337 Kim, Choen (UNITED STATES) A Winter Cover Classification of Lower Nakdong River Region Using JERS-1 OPS Data 341 Kirsanov, Alexander (RUSSIA) Application of Remote Sensed Data for Studying of Tundra and Taiga Ecosystems Transformations 347 Koch, Barbara (GERMANY) Photogrammetric Delineation Accuracy of Landcover Units 354 Kodituwakku, Wickramanayaka K. (KUWAIT) Extraction and Modelling Spatial Parameters in Groundwater Potential Studies in a Hard Rock Terrain, Sri Lanka 359 Koizumi, Toshio (JAPAN) Urban Disaster Prevention Project - A Feasibility Study of Regional Disaster Prevention for the Government of Kobe 365 Koudmani, Marwan (SYRIA) Application of Remote Sensing to Geology and Hydrology for Damascus Area in Syria 372 Kressler, Florian (AUSTRIA) Change Detection in Urban Areas Using Satellite Images and Spectral Mixture Analysis 379 Kusaka, Takashi (JAPAN) Change Detection Using Relative Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Images at Different Times 384 Kushida, Keiji (JAPAN) A Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulation of Rice Canopy based on Digital Stereo Photogrammetry 389 Kux, Hermann J.H. (BRAZIL) Evaluation of SIR-C Data, land C Bands, for the Improvement of Geomorphology and Soil Maps in Acre State, Brazil 394 Kwarteng, Andy Yaw (KUWAIT) Using landsat Thematic Mapper to Detect and Map Vegetation Changes in Kuwait 398 Larouche, Pierre (CANADA) Spatia-Temporal Variability of Phytoplankton Pigments in the Gulf of St. lawrence as Measured by CZCS 406 Liberman, Boris (RUSSIA) Some Results of Testing and Application of Microwave Remote Sensing Methods for Estimation of Grounds and Waters State 412 Linsenbarth, Adam (POLAND) Application of Moms-02 Data for Analysis of Sand Dune Forms and their Development 417 Liou, Wen-Shu (CHINA-TAIPEI) Evaluation of a GIS Rule-Based Model to Map Forested Wetlands in Maine 419 List, Franz (GERMANY) GIS Analysis of Integrated landsat TM, Topographic, Geologic and Geophysical Data Sets of the Basement Area of the Red Sea Hills, Sudan 425 Lo, C.P. (UNITED STATES) Integration of landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Data and U.S. Census Data for Quality of life Assessment 431 Lopez, Epifanio D. (PHILIPPINES) Mount Pinatubo lahar Damage Assessment Using ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Data 437 Lorenzzetti, Joao Antonio (BRAZIL) The Cape Frio Upwelling Effect over the South Brazil Blight Northern Sector Shelf Waters: a Study Using ·AlfHRR Images 448 Lyalko, V.I. (UKRAINE) Estimation of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides Contamination within the Chernobyl Danger Zone Using Remote Sensing Data 454 Majd, Alireza (IRAN) Rice Hectarage Estimation I Cultivation Mapping Using Remotely Sensed Data and GIS Facilities 460 Maktav, Derya (TURKEY) Remote Sensing Application in a Specially Protected Area (Small Paradise) in Turkey 465 Mansberger, Reinfried (AUSTRIA) True Colour Visualization of Colour Infrared Aerial Photographs 469 Martini, Paulo Roberto (BRAZIL) Depicting the Headwaters of the Amazon River Trough the Use of Remote Sensing Data 475 Martini, Paulo Roberto (BRAZIL) Visible, Infrared and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data for detecting Environmental Changes: The Panamazonia Project 483 Meinel, Gotthard (GERMANY) Analysing an ATM-Scanner Flight for the City of Dresden to Identify Urban Sealing 486 Meister, Gerhard (GERMANY) In Situ BRDF Measurements of Selected Surface Materials to Improve Analysis of Remotely Sensed Multispectral Imagery 493 Mizukami, Masumi (JAPAN) Developement of a Monitoring System Integrated Airborne Videography and GPS 499 Morain, Stanley A. (UNITED STATES) An Approach to Advanced Ecosystem Modeling Using Vector and Raster Data 504 Mukai, Yukio (JAPAN) Extraction of Damaged Areas of Fallen Trees by Typhoon using Landsat TM Data 510 Nagata, Yoshikatsu (JAPAN) Changes in Rural Areas of Northeast Thailand in the Latter Half of the 1980s as Seen Through the Northeast Thailand Village Information System 516 Neusch, Tania (GERMANY) Evolution de !'occupation des sols entre 1984 et 1993, sur le domaine HaguenauKarlsruhe, a partir de donnees Landsat-TM 522 Noernberg, Mauricio Almeida (BRAZIL) Study of Aquatic Vegetation in Tucurui Reservoir (Brazil) Using Airborn SAR-C Multipolarization Data 528 Noori-Bushehri, Saeid (IRAN) Improved Classification of SPOT Multi-Spectral Images for Land-Cover Types Evaluation Assisted by Digital Elevation Model (OEM) and Aerial Photographs, a Case Study 534 Nordahl, Bobo (NORWAY) Comparison of Statistical Methods ~nd Neural Networks in a Post-Object Classification for Forestry Registration 542 Ochi, Shiro (JAPAN) Land Degradation Risk Mapping Using NOAA NDVI Data 547 Oluic, Marinko (CROATIA) Low Cost Remote Sensing Investigations of a Waste Dump Near Zagreb 550 Olympia da Rocha, Helio (BRAZIL) Application of Remote Sensing and GIS to Compile and Update Soil Maps at the Environmental Protection Area- APA of Guaratuba, Parana, Brazil 555 Oprescu, Nicolaie (ROMANIA) Integration of SPOT and SAR-ERS Imageries with other Types of Aero-Satellite and Terrain Data, for Studies on the Danube Delta and the Continental Platform of the Black Sea 557 Ostir, Kristof (SLOVENIA) Environmental Monitoring in Central Dalmatia 563 Patsayeva, Svetlana (RUSSIA) Problems of Remote Diagnostics of Mineral Oil in Sea Water: Oil Films and Oil Dispersed in the Water Body 568 Pereira da Cunha, Roberto (BRAZIL) Continuous Classification of Natural Vegetation in a Mediterranean Ecosystem by Linear Unmixing Methods Applied to Multitemporal TM Data 574 Poscolieri, Maurizio (ITALY) Integration of Landsat TM Data and DEM-Derived Spatial Models to Investigate a Macro-Scale Shear Zone in Lesvos Island (Greece) 578 Rauste, Yrj6 (FINLAND) Forest Fire Detection with Satellites for Fire Control 584 Ringle, Konrad (GERMANY) Vergleich verschiedener Methoden zur Bestimmung der Oberflachenbeschreibung besiedelter Gebiete fUr die Modellierung des Schmutzeintrags in das Abwasserkanalnetz 589 Rosenqvist, Ake (JAPAN) The Global Rain Forest Mapping Project by JERS-1 SAR 594 Rudorff, Bernado F.T. (BRAZIL) Application of the Brazilian Remote Sensing Satellite (SSR) to Monitor the Amazon Region 599 Schmitt, Ursula (AUSTRIA) Forest Classification of Multitemporal Mosaicked Satellite Images 602 Selleron, Gilles (FRANCE) Couverts nuageux en domaine tropical et teledetection de cultures d'heveas dans le sud de Ia Thailande 606 Singhroy, Vernon (CANADA) Remote Sensing for Characterising and Monitoring of Hazardous Waste Sites- Case Studies in Canada and Germany 612 Sitek, Zbigniew (POLAND) Experience with Environmental Monitoring of Cracow Region (Poland) Based on GIS 618 Smiatek, Gerhard (GERMANY) Crop Area Estimates Using ERS-1 SAR Data 624 Sohn, Hong-Gyoo (UNITED STATES) Automatic Approach to Detect Ice Sheet Margin Using ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery 627 Sokolova, Valentina (RUSSIA) Interpretation of Airviews and Satellite Images: More Potentialities Found 633 Spatz, David (UNITED STATES) Remote Sensing Strategies for Mineral Exploration and Development 638 Stech, Jose Luiz (BRAZIL) A Mesoscale Brazil Current Frontal Eddy Observed through AVHRR Images and Current Meter Moorings 650 Stevenson, Meritt (BRAZIL) Comparison of Surface Layer Currents Determined by Satellite Tracked Drifters and in Situ Anchored Current Meters of Southeast Brazil 654 Storl, JCtrgen (BOLIVIA) Modelling Sensible Heat Flux in Mountainous Areas with High Resolution Terrain Parameters Derived from Landsat-TM Data 660 Strelnikov, Sergei I. (RUSSIA) GIS Technology of Using Remote Surveying Materials in Compilation of Geological Maps 669 Sun, Ling (P.REPUBLIC OF CHINA) Design of Agricultural Disaster Evaluation System Based on GIS, Simulation and Expert-System Techniques 673 Sunar, Filiz (TURKEY) Assessment of Multi-Temporal Land Use/Cover Changes Using Remotely Sensed Imagery - A Case Study: Tuzla Region in Istanbul, Turkey 678 Takeuchi, Shoji (JAPAN) Monitoring of Land Cover Conditions in Paddy Fields Using Multitemporal SAR Data 683 Taranik, James V. (UNITED STATES) Remote Sensing for Geology and Material Resources, an Assessment of Tools for Geoscientists in the Near Future 689 Teotia, Harendra S. (BRAZIL) Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Paraiba-CNPQ Project - the Application of Remote Sensing Technology 699 Theilen-Willige, Barbara (GERMANY) Seismic Risk Analysis in SW-Germany Based on ERS1-Data 705 Ticehurst, Catherine (AUSTRALIA) Using Backscatter from Radar Images for Classifying and Determining the Bulk Density of the Urban Environment 709 Tsipenyuk, Dmitry Yurievich (RUSSIA) Selective Resonance Excitation in Remote Laser Spark Spectroscopy 714 VanDerMeer, Freek (THE NETHERLANDS) Geologic Prospecting for Mineral Exploration in the Troodos Ophiolite Complex of Cyprus Using TM Data 716 van Genderen, John (THE NETHERLANDS) The Synergistic Use of Remotely Sensed Data for the Detection of Underground Coal Fires 722 Varjo, Jari (FINLAND) Radiometric Correction of Multitemporal Landsat TM Data for Detecting Rapid Changes in Forest 728 Vergara, Oscar Ricardo (BRAZIL) Data Fusion in Urban Cartography 734 Vozikis, Evangelos (GREECE) The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Agricultural Applications 738 Wagner, Wolfgang (AUSTRIA) Detection of Periodic Climate Anomalies over Greenland with Microwave Radiometers 744 Wang, Jinfei (CANADA) Evaluation of Lineament Detection Algorithms Using Multi-Band Remote Sensing Images 750 Wang, Xiufeng (JAPAN) The Relationship between Canopy Surface Temperature by IR-Thermometer and Canopy Structure 756 Wang, Yiman (THE NETHERLANDS) Land-Water Boundary Delineation from ERS-1 SAR for Construction of DEM in the Inter-Tidal Zone 763 Weichelt, Horst (GERMANY) Applications of Multitemporal and Multisensoral Remote Sensing Data for Monitoring Aspects in Opencast Lignite Mining and Post-Mining Landscapes 768 Wu, Jee-cheng (UNITED STATES) Classification of TM Image Using a Competitive Learning Neural Network 775 Yamagata, Yoshiki (JAPAN) Unmixing Wetland Vegetation Types by Subspace Method Using Hyper Spectral Casi Image 781 Yamamoto, Yukiyo (JAPAN) The Application of Neural Networks to GIS in the Construction of land Evaluation Models 788 Yang, Chieh-Chung (CHINA-TAIPEI) A GIS for the Management of the low Altitude Experimental Station at Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute 794 Yang, Xiaojun (UNITED STATES) Satellite Monitoring of the Dynamic Environmental Change of the Active Yellow River Delta, China 801 Yoshimura, Mitsunori (JAPAN) Spectral Feature of Rice leaves Infected by Blast 807 Yu, Genong (P.REPUBLIC OF CHINA) Agricultural Land Investigation and Change Detection by Incorporating GIS and Satellite Remote Sensing Case Studies in Sichuan Province, China 811 Yu, Jiang (UNITED STATES) Rough Area Soil Erosion Assessment Via GIS Modeling 816 Zavoianu, Florea (ROMANIA) Etude de Ia dynamique de Ia zone urbaine de Bucarest a !'aide des donnees TM de Landsat et HRV de SPOT 825 Zullo Junior, Jurandir (BRAZIL) Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Images in a Tropical Region 831 Appendix Colour Pages Authors and Co-authors Index - ISPRS Commission VII Keywords Index- Volume XXXI, Part 87- ISPRS Commission VII